Terry Ott
Principal Data Engineer
McLean, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTerry Ott is a Principal Data Engineer with over a decade of experience designing and modernizing cloud-centric, large-scale distributed data systems for government and enterprise customers. He blends deep systems and software expertise—from Python, Java, C++, and Spark to modern data formats like Parquet, Avro, and Apache Iceberg—with hands-on cloud architecture on AWS. Terry has led technical efforts at startups and major organizations (including AWS, Northrop Grumman, and DigitalGlobe), founded an engineering-focused LLC for open-source projects, and ran a nonprofit delivering atomic clock-grade network time to underserved regions. He is comfortable moving between high-level architectural vision and low-level implementation details, having authored technical volumes for competitive bids and served as principal investigator on awarded contracts. Based in McLean, VA, he brings a rare combination of mission-driven work in national security and practical open-source curiosity around tools like polars and protobufs.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Purdue University
Github Skills (13)
openstreetmap8
computational-geometry7
machine-learning6
android6
llm3
tcp2
dns2
lambda2
udp2
aws-lambda1
stripe1
serverless1
functional-testing1
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
FlickrGroupAddr/flickgroupaddr-ui
Dec 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:181 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
TerryOtt/PhotoEndOfDayGo
Jul 2023 - Sep 2025
Contributions:5 PRs, 28 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 3 months
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